Is it possible to test an iPhone web application over an ad hoc wireless network?

Question

I'm working on a web application that will have a custom UI for the iPhone platform. At the moment I have my Apple laptop but I'm away from a wired or wi-fi Internet connection. I want to run the app on the laptop and then preview it on the iPhone. Is this possible?

I created an ad hoc wireless (AirPort) connection on the Mac and could join it successfully from my iPhone, but when I tried to access the app using its host.local:port address in Mobile Safari it couldn't see it. I have Web sharing enabled on the Mac.

Answer 1

In my company we made test in local via a wifi router and it works fine.

If your machine IP is 192.168.1.3 for example you have to use this IP to make the connection from your iPhone to your Mac.